Just finished Girl at the End of the World by Elizabeth Esther. I bought a 2nd copy for my daughter. Its repercussions are echoing throughout the family.

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"And it is said by the Eldar that in water there lives yet the echo of the Music of the Ainur more than in any substance else that is in this Earth; and many of the Children of Ilúvatar hearken still unsated to the voices of the Sea, and yet know not for what they listen."

I'm currently reading 'Going Clear; Hollywood, Scientology and the Prison of Belief'. HBO did a documentary based on it but the book has a lot more detail/info. It's fascinating, in a horrific way. And sad.

I've also been picking my way through Lost to the West: The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization,

"...or more than a millennium, Byzantium reigned as the glittering seat of Christian civilization." It is interesting, but hardly compelling.

"And it is said by the Eldar that in water there lives yet the echo of the Music of the Ainur more than in any substance else that is in this Earth; and many of the Children of Ilúvatar hearken still unsated to the voices of the Sea, and yet know not for what they listen."

Just finished Peter V Brett The Skull Throne which is book 4 of the series The Demon Cycle. Would really recommend this series, I've really enjoyed it. Currently looking for a new fantasy book/series to start

In 1967 I walked into aviation shop and written on the blackboard was "FRODO LIVES". I had no idea what that meant, but a friend of mine , author Jeff Duntemann had the same class and (seeing the same thing) during lunch he brought me up to speed and started me on 'the road that goes ever on'. From then on I read LOTR at least once a year until the movies came out. That's 33 times MINIMUM!

Well make that 34. I started it again over the weekend. Currently on 'Shadow of the Past' a key chapter in the trilogy. After starting I wondered what had taken me so long!

The Nameless Thing wrote:In 1967 I walked into aviation shop and written on the blackboard was "FRODO LIVES". I had no idea what that meant, but a friend of mine , author Jeff Duntemann had the same class and (seeing the same thing) during lunch he brought me up to speed and started me on 'the road that goes ever on'. From then on I read LOTR at least once a year until the movies came out. That's 33 times MINIMUM!

Well make that 34. I started it again over the weekend. Currently on 'Shadow of the Past' a key chapter in the trilogy. After starting I wondered what had taken me so long!

rpsantos, let me know what your thoughts are after finishing The Stand! I enjoyed that book very much, though I do believe Stephen King could have cut the length a little bit with no harm done to the story itself. I do love King's writing though, and The Stand is one of my favorite's of his. You truly get the surreal feeling of being involved in that catastrophe while reading the story.

'm reading Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Fool's Assassin by Robin Hobb ( a new trilogy!!) and Nagasaki by Eric Foye ( not sure if I spelled that right, it's about an elderly and lonely Japanese man).

Mithfânion wrote:'m reading Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Fool's Assassin by Robin Hobb ( a new trilogy!!) and Nagasaki by Eric Foye ( not sure if I spelled that right, it's about an elderly and lonely Japanese man).

Huh Nagasaki that was one of the cities destroyed by a nuclear bomb. Is this story before or after this event?

Irish on the Inside by Tom Hayden. An interesting read and view on something I'm trying to find answers to. My mom refuses to admit that we're of Celtic decent, especially the Irish bit, so it's been hard to trace my roots.

I've recently been watching some youtube videos of Christopher Hitchens debates with religious apologists, so I decided to once more delve into his coruscating atheist tome "God is Not Great". It is a work of genius. How I miss the Hitch...

I'm also reading Susanna Clarke's "Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell", and I am most impressed by her wonderful evocation of early 19th Century composition style. Very clever.

Finally, I've been learning German, so I have bought "Der Herr der Ringe" by some obscure author called Tolkien... What better way to learn a foreign language?